America

America’s capital city was originally a square shape, and a new law aims to restore its original boundaries. But is it in fact a case of gerrymandering?

The godmother of ‘alternative facts’ assured me the president loved Zelensky – just as he was stabbing him in the back with Putin

From the far north of the Lone Star State down to the Mexican border, people feel their way of life is under threat. And they know who’s responsible

The president is using barbaric spectacle as a political weapon – and the damage will go on long after he has gone

They are on course to lose the mid terms. That’s the good news. The bad news is that they might take the US down with them

Cash, corruption and institutional failures allowed the sex offender to prey on women at his Virgin Islands base

The president was in Nebraska on a campaign stop when he came out with the eye-catching new policy – along with an idea for a new game show

After the ‘perv glasses’ disaster, the Meta boss is back with a new, cuter idea. And judging by the US response, it seems to be working. For now

The president’s allies claim his frequent public dozes will help him be more productive

Emily St John Mandel’s new novel Exit Party is set in a future of mistrust, surveillance and civil war. So why is she still optimistic?

The dysfunction of US congress, the destruction of policy and the cynical manipulation of the Supreme Court – McConnell has helped ruin America

If you keep teaching young men that they’re exceptional and that women are playthings, then yes – this is how they will behave

The Dodge City novelist set out expecting a hostile, divided country. What happened next surprised him

Overseas US voters are at the centre of an intense legal and political fight – their ballots could determine the outcome of the coming midterms

It’s the nastiest, most polarising and angriest TV station ever created. It also happens to be the most influential

The Chinese leader was the first foreign head to be greeted by a US president on the tarmac in over sixty years. That’s how desperate Trump is

Carney, Mamdani and Ossoff are all showing you can take on the raging right and win. But there’s one crucial lesson from them that Andy Burnham must learn

The president’s biggest fear is a Wall Street panic that turns him into a lame duck

A socialist insurgency is shaking the party as it heads into the midterms and eyes a return to the White House

If anything, the situation now looks worse than it did back in the run-up to the last crash. And this time round, who would lead the global response?

Trump’s approval ratings are now a disaster. But that doesn’t mean American voters are flocking to his opponents.

Increasingly worried about mid-term polling, Trump has settled on his electoral strategy – a massive programme of wealth redistribution

I went to the Republican midterm convention and found a strange, nostalgic atmosphere. Afterwards I had a word with the president about succession

The enormous Trump bandwagon crossed the Atlantic to be met with a huge demonstration in Dublin. But that afternoon, the mood changed dramatically

Kash Patel was hauled before senators this week to explain why he loosened the bureau’s rules on applicants who have had sex with animals.

The happy couple insist the Kremlin-linked oligarch is simply a “dear friend”. Nothing to see here

The US wants to drill in Greenland for oil. The Nuuk government has said maybe – if the US agrees to buy some highly controversial Arctic products

The people who work in AI are not gurus and most of their predictions have been wrong. Working in the industry makes them less reliable commentators, not more

The president has got a serious problem with former senior MAGA figures who are now estranged – they could be the ones to destroy his political legacy for good

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